The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-04-16
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WARRINGTON, April, 49, "; President
Cleveland Is very fond Of seeing lie I pdrb.
lic. liz has, ever since he has been in Of.
fec, held public receptions three times q
sweck-Alonday, cdncsday and Friday
at half,pnst ono each day, These re-
,ccptions have become quito a feature III
Washington, and arc regularly attended
bylarge numbers Of tourists. II Is one
ofithc sights, Of Washington, and people
who want to SEQ tho President 1t home;
generally SO TO tho White House on ono ono
ofthcse days 10 shake hands with him.!
These receptions are entirely different
from tho state receptions during the sesss
sions Of Congress, which arc 4 held al
night. These Inter arc full.dress affairs,
and the guests arc generally invited.
Mrs. Cleveland assists him at these latter,
and generally tho ladies of the Cabinet
arc with the presidential party but AT
the midday receptions only tho President
appears, lie says II gives him chance
to see and know the people Of the United
States, and let the people know him.
Certainly he has made q big acquaintance
hhe calls Ibis knowing thepcoplc,bccanse
he Will average 1900 persons 4. week.
AZ early as eleven o'clock people begin,
TO arrive at the White House and take
their places in the big East Room to await
his coming. The East Room occupies
the entire first floor of the east wing,
and is one OF the finest reception halls In
the country. It is sparingly furnished,
but during a crowded reception the pco-
pie are generally huddled together in the
centre Of the room and there is no need
Of chairs. All sorts and classes Of peo-
pie attend these receptions. When they,
come up on a reception day the door
keepcrinfolms them TINT tllePrcsi,lcntwill
be down at half-past one O'clock to shake
hands with them, and invariably they.
walt to sec him. The President gcner.
ally dcvotes his mornings 10 callers, such
MS congressman and distinguished per-,
sons who come on business, and ,lclcga..
lions which come to urge somebody for
appointment. About one o'clock the Pres.
idcnt notifies his doorkeepcr to tell him
how many people are awaiting for re-.
ception, then he makes his preparations
to 80 down stairs, The people arc no.
titled, and are gathered together in the
centre Of the room. The President tries
to be punctial, but often he is detained
up stairs by a Cabinet officer or n high
official, who, regardless OF the fact that
the President is to hold n reception, keep
him on business. This is very annoying
10 the President, and he often excuses
himself and goes down stairs, holds n re-
ceptioh, and returns TO his business. lie
goes down the private stairway 10 the
west of the house and walks through the
long portrait corridor. Two ushers, or
doorkeepcrs, meet him ut the end Of this
portrait, gallery, and the large doors OF
the East Room are thrown open. lie eli.
tiers the big room just in tile middle on
the west side. Two ushers take their
places OH either side of IL" President,
just in front Of him, while his own pri-
vate doorkeeper, Charles Locillcr, shows
the people who have spoken TO the Prcsi-
dent into the vcstibule and out of the
house.
The first person nearest the President
is generally brought forward and intro
duccd. The Presidcn, shakes hands with
him, remarking that he hopes he is well,
gives him hand.shake and passes him
along. Then the stream OF people COM
mcnces TO flow past. The uslers do not
allow them to stop, but merely put out
their hands, grasp the Presidents, give 1t
shake and pass on. The President of
late objects very much TO people stopping
and talking TO him, because n number Of
correspondents Of daily newspapers have
made it habit of standing close by the
President and catching little bits of con-
versation and publishing it in their pa
pers,. often making him, or the visitor,
ridiculous, because such conversations
when repeated without the accompanying
surroundings appear ratherstrangc; bn, It
happens more than once during rcccp
ton that an acquaintance Of the President
is in the crowd, and he will halt and intro
ducc the party with him. They will then
stop and chat for few moments, the
President receiving them pleasantly, say
ing q few complimentary words and suit
ing, but all the time appearing uncom-
Portable. lie seems glad when they dc.
part and the automalon-likc stream of
people begins moving again. ."
The ideas of n number Of the people com
ing 10 the reception are very queer. They
ask all sorts of qucstions-wantt TO know
If 1t is necessary to wear gloves; whether
an introduction is customary; whether
the President wants to talk to them, or
whether he is tired of shaking hands, and
what they shall say to him. All these
questions are answered at the time by the
remark that they are only expected to
shake hands. 1t Is Il rare occurrence That
there is not one among the hundreds ut
one OF these receptions who will not stop
and inform the President thu, he Inns
shaken hands with six or more of his
predecessors.
The young ladies' are very anxious to
see Mrs. Cleveland, and remark often that
they would not have stayed had they
known she would not he there.
The President Is n very rapid hand
shaker. lie hns been known TO shake
hands with as many MS fifty In minute
and often when there is n big crowd, and
ii is cleyerly handled. he will pass by
sixty in minute, but this Of course can
no, be kept up any length Of time.
The receptions rarely last more han ten
minutes, and ny soon as they are over
the rfesidcn, turns and walks ont of the
room, the doors are closed md he goes TO
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